Festival goers are slamming the organisation of Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival after torrential downpours led to a crash, waterlogged parking and two-hour wait for buses.

Healey's Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival is taking place at Penhallow but after the weekend's bad weather event organisers have said participants are unable to make use of the site’s parking facilities.

A system of shuttle buses and park and ride has been organised from Perranporth Airfield but caused chaos.

Yesterday, two of the buses crashed into each other leaving people with only one bus.

Following the incident, people waited for a lift for more than two hours.

Now, staff are towing vehicles out of the initial parking site as it is covered in deep mud and people said that the tractor drivers and the Land Rover owners are doing a great effort to get people out.

However, it is now feared that the conditions will worsen because of the gale force winds expected tonight.

"There is deep mud all the way across the site," an eyewitness said. "It's only going to get worse.

"The organisation is absolutely dire, there is no communication."

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Many festival goers took to Facebook to complain about the event, saying organisers could have prevented the whole situation. Some had to cancel their plans because of the site being covered in deep mud and some even stayed at Perranporth Airfied yesterday.

Here is what people have said about it:

Organisers of the festival commented the issues and said:

"We currently have three 18-seater buses and one 32-seater bus taking guests to and from the festival site and Perranporth Airfield.

"The collision between two buses occurred off-site yesterday. No one was injured however this did cause a delay for festival guests traveling to and from the festival site. We deeply apologise for any inconvenience this caused.

"The main lighting towers in the designated camping area have been lowered due to wind but not removed.

"The Met Office forecast strong winds from midnight tonight but we are continually monitoring this for any changes. Planning meetings are in place throughout the day and should we need to make any changes to the festival schedule, we will notify guests in advance.

"As it stands, Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival will finish at 11pm this evening. Festival guests will be removed from the main site by 11.20pm."